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Caution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 09:55 PM Original message |
Ex-Hostages Say Iran Leader Was a Captor |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Holy Shit! |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
79. And "the leader of the pack" is a former CIA analyst |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not sure I buy it |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Would you forget the face of the man who did this to you? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 11:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. You might. |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 07:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
56. An interesting story... |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. How many years ago was it? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. so what, I wonder...? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I agree. |
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Jawja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 08:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
59. Yes, I smell the |
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Don_1967 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
72. AGREED |
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hexola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Well said. |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Reagan's campaign -- defending against "October Surprise" |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 02:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
40. Which of course, is the exact defination of |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 06:17 AM Response to Reply #22 |
50. Bohemian Grove?! |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
98. So -- ask Ahmadinejad about October surprise and guns-for-hostages? |
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bribri16 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. And we want them to have another revolution on our behalf. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 11:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Sometimes this holds even if the revolution fails. |
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StevieM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 01:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
38. Sorry, but the people of Iran never wanted the Khomeini Revolution.... |
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Algomas (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 01:54 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. You may be right. I will run this by my Persian friends. |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 08:38 AM Response to Reply #39 |
57. OR you could simple GOOGLE. n/t |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #38 |
63. I think few Iranians would want the Iraq treatment by the U.S. |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
80. No you are not right, I've lived in Tehran. It was a MIX of ideologies |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. Son of the Shah is just waiting |
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StevieM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 06:36 PM Response to Reply #80 |
89. I didn't soft step it, I outright stated that the Shah was a despot.... |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
84. If true, this administration and its CIA should be ashamed that they were |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-01-05 07:34 AM Response to Reply #84 |
103. Duh. Of course they were aware he was running |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
96. EXACTLY correct; this is a total NON-story. It's as if... |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. OTOH, he wasn't a chickenhawk |
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Say_What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. BushSh*t... if so why did it take them this long to figure this out? |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 02:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
42. Yep, he is a spook, for sure |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 06:16 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Perhaps the MEK bombings bounced the Iranians into |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 07:27 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. But this Daughtry guy is CIA... I would imagine |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 07:48 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Yes I agree. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. Youthful indiscretion |
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satya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. So was he also in on the negotiations with GHWBush to delay their release |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Holy shite |
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satya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 11:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. great minds... :-) eom |
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converted_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 10:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
70. ha! |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. Did he also meet with Bush Senior just before the 1980 election |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. George H.W. - CIA at the time. |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 10:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
102. I remember it well, LIberaland Proud, |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. Why does this remind me of the Swift Boat Liars?? |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Bingo. This is all part of the run-up to the attack on Iran. Get ready! |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. This is BULLSHIT Kevin Hermening is a Repuke BushBot |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 02:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
83. I smelt it too. n/t |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. Didn't McCain finally make peace with his captors? What's the big deal? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. wow, I guess that is reason enough to go to war with Iran |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. They can fabricate better false evidence than this. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
85. Sure they can, but they don't need to. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
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GiovanniC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 11:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. You're Off to a Good Start |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 11:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 11:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Search by Author, here I go. (nt) |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 11:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Deleted message |
LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 11:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. It's just a way of saying |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. Col Chuck Scott |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 10:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Just what I thought... |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 12:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. "We've never had a chance to get even" |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. William J. Daugherty |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:42 AM Response to Reply #27 |
61. look at this photo of him on Yahoo... |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. Don Sharer |
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Gyre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
36. What a bunch of idiots! Can anybody say paid whores for chimp? |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 02:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
81. When they first broadcast this story ... |
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Chicago Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
41. If true so what? He hates us and is a hard liner and has said |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
43. Interesting quote from Dr. Daugherty, CIA |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 06:15 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Is this some sort of backup plan since Bolton isn't sitting in the UN now? |
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converted_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
76. That is exactly what I was thinking!!! |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 04:53 AM Response to Original message |
44. Some former US hostages believe Iran’s president-elect one of their captors |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 04:53 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. ah yes the propaganda starts |
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Oversea Visitor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 04:53 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I am sure the US can beat the shit out of Iran |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
49. Well MSM has jumped into the fray |
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allemand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
51. BBC: Iran victor denies hostage-taking |
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hexola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 07:49 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. HA! - Amercian Racism ("They all look alike...") |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 07:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
91. Also . . . |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
55. And the Big Lie goes on... |
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DrZeeLit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
58. Find and read Scott Ritter. We are already bombing Iran. n/t |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
60. Abductors deny Iran leader siege role |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 10:09 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. In 1917, the Cruiser Aurora |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 10:19 AM Response to Reply #62 |
66. So perhaps there was no hostage taking? |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #66 |
71. Or Russian Revolution, if you look at it from that angle. |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
64. This is the way the right wing operates |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 10:16 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. And it won't be remembered |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 10:21 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Of course not |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #65 |
82. I was too young but I heard stories from my parents and older brothers |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
68. I'll Believe This Like I Believe WMD's In Iraq |
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Don_1967 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:34 AM Response to Reply #68 |
73. WITTNESS |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. Oh? And Did That Happen? No, It Did Not |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 07:45 PM Response to Reply #73 |
93. Shit howdy, they had dozens of them thar swift boat dickheads too |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
69. Col. Chuck Scott: "Militant Islamic fundamentalism is our avowed enemy." |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
74. I smell a set up. |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
75. the claim seems dubious |
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bunny planet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
77. I don't doubt the hostages memories on this. What I do doubt is that the |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #77 |
86. Nope, the CIA et. al. other Intelligence sources KNOWS EXACTLY |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. Agreed! Touching a raw nerve to justify new war..check out this article |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
90. Local headline: Maine hostage doesn´t remember Iran leader in Tehran |
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Born_A_Truman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
92. I'm certainly no expert... |
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lockdown (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
94. A BBC article linked him to the embassy raid five days ago |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
95. So let's compare their treatment with the hostages we are currently |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 10:19 PM Response to Reply #95 |
101. ??? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
97. Another boatload of Swift Liars, drumming up support for W's next war. |
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electricmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
99. Immunity was part of the release deal |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
100. IF he is - IF t- hen he knows how Reagan |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-01-05 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
104. BREAKING NEWS: FIRST AMERICAN PRESIDENT WAS A REBEL |
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